1.   But the Socialist opposition quickly questioned whether the cash that paid for the airplane tickets could have come from the secret fund.

2.   French voters did more on Sunday than force President Jacques Chirac into an unwanted and unwieldy governing partnership with the Socialist opposition.

3.   If the French left wins, Chirac would have little choice but to name Lionel Jospin, the leader of the Socialist opposition, as prime minister.

4.   Juppe had been careful to square potential opponents within the ruling Gaullist coalition, the Socialist opposition, and even major union leaders.

5.   The federal government did not interfere with the meeting, organized by the socialist opposition.

6.   The Socialist opposition leader, Lionel Jospin, has been sharply critical of imposing economic sacrifices on the French people in the name of the euro.

7.   They reacted by handing victory to the Socialist opposition.

8.   Politicians from the Socialist opposition have warned that the files can be misused and even harm national security.

9.   Police arrested Tuesday a socialist opposition leader along with four other activists for instigating farmers against a law on agricultural land, a human rights group said.

10.   At the time, Balladur was sharply criticized by the Socialist opposition and the French press for agreeing to stop future arms sales.